Job 41:1 “‘”Can you draw out the crocodile with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?’”
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WHO MADE THE ANIMALS?
GOD THUNDER
Job 37:5 “‘”God thunders with His voice wondrously, doing great things which we cannot comprehend.’”
THE FORCE BEHIND IT
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
Job 32:8b “‘And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.’”
WISDOM FROM ABOVE
JOB’S SIN
Job 29:14 “‘”I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.’”
RIGHTEOUSNESS
UNJUST AND UNCLEAN
Job 25:4 “‘How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?’”
MADE JUST AND CLEAN
The shortest man in the Bible is talking to Job here. This is Bildad the Shuhite (shoe height, get it? You will later, lol). Bildad is telling Job, “There is no man who is just before God, including you!” Oh, what Bildad didn’t know. He assumed Job’s guilt. He assumed Job had sinned some terrible sin or sins. But he didn’t know the real story. Continue reading
DEFIANT
Job 21:14 “‘They say to God, “Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.”’”
REBELLIOUS
I CAN’T SEE
Job 17:7a “‘My eye has also grown dim because of grief,’”
BLINDED BY GRIEF
Job’s days aren’t getting better. He said he is grieving so much his eyes are getting weak. Have you ever wept so much your eyes swelled up? I have. I remember one time I cried so hard and my eyes swelled so big that someone thought I had been punched.
Grief is a horrible thing and a wonderful thing. Grieving, in and of itself, is not a bad thing. Grieving allows us to vent emotions over the loss of something or someone. These emotions need to come out for us to remain healthy. But too much grief, unresolved grief, will lead to depression and worse. Give your grief over to the Lord, which Job has not done yet in chapter 17.
TEACHING MOMENT
Have you seen your child grieve yet? It’s a horrible sight for a parent. It’s a helpless feeling to see them hurting and crying. There is literally nothing we can do to stop it. All we can do is pray with them and for them and hold them. If you haven’t experienced this yet, you probably will sooner or later.
How to we teach “proper” grieving? How do we teach godly grief? Only by modeling it to them and taking them to the Word. Kids learn by example. If they see us holding on to our own grief, they won’t learn to let go of their grief. If they see us using grief as an excuse for behavior, they will learn to do the same. Like I said earlier, grief can be healthy if handled correctly. But it must be given to Jesus. He understands your grief.
Are you grieving right now over something in your life? Do you have unresolved grief? Hand it over to the Master. He gave you that heart, and He knows how to ease the pain. Trust Him with your emotions.
Heart Maker, take my emotions and turn them Godward. Take my hurt and grief and turn them into joy. Help me the kind of example of godly grief that others can turn to.
MAKE NO DOUBT
Job 15:34-35 “34 ‘For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of the corrupt. 35 They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, and their mind prepares deception.’” Continue reading
JUST LOOK AROUND YOU
Job 12:7-8 “7 ‘But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. 8 Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; and let the fish of the sea declare to you.’”
CREATION SPEAKS
I have had the privilege to travel to some pretty incredible places. When I see nature in all its beauty, I can’t help but wonder how someone cannot believe in God. A couple of years ago I got to see thousands and thousands of pink flamingos feeding, wading and flying at a lake in Kenya. The sight was beyond description. God’s creation at work. https://www.facebook.com/cwilliamwillis/videos/vb.100000159657052/1522292691119371/?type=3
Job is telling his “friend” here that even the beast, birds, fish and the earth teach us about the Lord. He didn’t need his friend to try to enlighten him about Jehovah. He could simply look around and see Him. That should be true for all of us.
TEACHING MOMENT
Kids love nature, at least most do. Take a nature hike with your kids and make a list of all the creatures you see. List the bugs, birds and animals. List the trees and flowers. And then when you get home look them up on your computer. Talk about them. And then take your kids to these verses. Ask them how these things they just saw point to God.
I bet you will get some pretty amazing answers. God made everything to point to Him in some way. Everything He created gives Him pleasure. After all, He said “it was good.”
Have you stopped lately to enjoy God’s creation? Take a break today and do that. Enjoy nature. Enjoy the flowers and trees. Enjoy the birds and squirrels. Enjoy God.
Thank You, Master Creator, for your magnificent creation. I marvel at Your detail of each creature. Let my eyes be open to all that is around me.
A Moment In Time 